lordSauron wrote:
okay... so, let's just say that hypothetically I choose to be a little less than intelligent and try to use the motherboard built-in software RAID. Would that work? Also, I'm a little skeptical of Linux's software RAID being better (ie. faster) than my motherboards. Is there any statistics I can look at in regard to this? Once more, thanks for your considerable patience in dealing with me - someday I might evolve into a semi-respectable linux sub-guru...
Don't have any numbers to point you toward, but I would expect them to be pretty much the same. In either case, your CPU handles the mirroring/striping. One method (linux or your motherboard's controller) may just be more efficient about it than the other.